How To Install libmsi-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsi-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libmsi-dev
libmsi-dev is:
libmsi provides functions to manipulate Windows Installer (.msi) files, both for reading and writing their contents and querying their databases.
This package contains the header files and libraries required to develop software using libmsi.
There are three methods to install libmsi-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmsi-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsi-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmsi-dev
Install libmsi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsi-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmsi-dev
Install libmsi-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsi-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmsi-dev
How To Uninstall libmsi-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libmsi-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmsi-dev
Uninstall libmsi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmsi-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsi-dev
Remove libmsi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmsi-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmsi-dev
Remove libmsi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmsi-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmsi-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsi-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.